outpaced

verb

past tense of outpace
as in overtook
to go or grow faster than (something) Population growth has continued to outpace job growth for the last several decades. The demand for the product has outpaced the company's ability to produce it.

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Recent Examples of outpaced Demand for hard disk drives has recently outpaced supply, the analyst said. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 Of course, with more power draw available to them, the RTX 50-series laptops outpaced the Spark system handily. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026 But affordability hasn’t recovered, because rents have outpaced renters’ incomes for two decades. — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Degradation from wildfires, logging and drought affects about 40% of the Amazon and has outpaced clear-cutting in recent years. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 In the last several decades, women’s matriculation rates and early career outcomes have caught up to — and in some cases, outpaced — those of men, thus reshaping the calculus underlying many partnerships. — Grace Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The growth outpaced that of the student population, undoing years of work by advocacy groups and policymakers to end the school-to-prison pipeline. — Kristian Hernández, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026 During the trial, the prosecution presented evidence of Capone’s extravagant lifestyle, while the defense argued that Capone’s expenses and gambling losses outpaced his income. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026 O’Hare’s consulting and solicitation budget of $47,000 outpaced Simmons’s $34,000. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpaced
  1. overtook
  2. drove
  3. surpassed
  4. outstripped
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  • In the private school realm, Grapevine Faith overtook Fort Worth Christian with a head-to-head win over the Cardinals.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
  • France will deploy around 70,000 police and gendarmes nationwide on Saturday, including elite counterterrorism units, as the government seeks to prevent a repeat of last weekend’s widespread rioting and looting that overtook peaceful protests.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of overtook
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  • The homeowner didn’t charge him rent, and the truck Buchanan drove was a gift, the woman told agents.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • An Australian data center operator’s profit warning drove its stock down as much as 44%, while dozens of large facilities have been blocked or delayed in the US this year by opposition from locals.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • Apple's market value briefly surpassed Nvidia in July, before falling back below.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Although prices reached record highs for 2026, the statewide average for regular gasoline has not yet surpassed that all-time record.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of surpassed
Verb
  • The other two laptops again outstripped the RTX Spark model, thanks largely to their higher TDP thresholds.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Since Western Australia’s Argyle Mine closed in 2020, the demand for pink diamonds has outstripped a rapidly dwindling supply.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of outstripped

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